

Steve Forbes: What's Ahead
Forbes
In an uncertain and rapidly changing world, Steve Forbes sits down with today’s leading business and economic minds to give listeners a better grasp of what’s ahead, and shares his own perspectives on the day’s most pressing issues.
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Mar 6, 2025 • 3min
Spotlight: This Is Why Daylight Saving Time Should Not Be Scrapped
While the notion of ending Daylight Saving Time has gained a great deal of popularity, Steve Forbes explains why jettisoning the practice would be deleterious to both business and health.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 4, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: Is Humanity Headed For Extinction? Why We Need To Get Birthrates Up And Fast
Steve Forbes warns that dropping birthrates are putting our civilization at existential risk—and what humanity can and must do to reverse course before we all disappear.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 27, 2025 • 3min
Spotlight: Credit Card Holders—Especially Those With Lower Incomes—Could Be In For A Nasty Shock
Steve Forbes warns of a new bipartisan bill that would cap credit card interest at ten percent, explaining that while the idea sounds good the unintended effect would be the denial of credit cards to those with lower incomes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 25, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: One Way To Fight High Prices Would Be To Torpedo The Destructive Jones Act
Steve Forbes seconds Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont's call to repeal the Jones Act, a misbegotten law also known as the Merchant Marine Act passed over a century ago, which presently increases the costs of goods and serves no arguable purpose in modern times.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 21, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: In Upcoming Elections Can Germany Save Itself And Thereby Help Save The Free World?
Steve Forbes gives his frank take on Sunday's German parliamentary elections, explaining why a victory for conservative leader Friedrich Merz would stem the international forces of authoritarianism, and why AfD winning would spell disaster for Germany and Europe.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 7, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: Hit Series 'Landman' Shows How Government Ownership Is A Dead Weight
Steve Forbes praises the Paramount Plus series "Landman," celebrating how it shows the follies of government ownership of mineral rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 6, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: This Is How Trump Must Deal With Iran To Protect The U.S.—And His Own Life
Steve Forbes lays out the tough and unflinching foreign policy stances that President Trump must enact in order to contain Iran's rogue regime and protect the U.S.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 4, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: Memo To The FAA—These Reforms To Air Traffic Control Could Prevent Future Disasters
Steve Forbes lays out key reforms to air traffic control that could prevent the kinds of horrific accident that tragically occurred at Reagan National Airport last week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jan 31, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: Are The Los Angeles Dodgers The New Evil Empire Of Baseball?
Steve Forbes discusses the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers and whether they've replaced the New York Yankees' as Major League Baseball's "Evil Empire."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jan 30, 2025 • 4min
Spotlight: It's Time To Shutter The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Steve Forbes lays out the case for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be dismantled and tossed into the dustbin of history.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.